Isaac: So is this? Okay, you've gotta explain to me, is this Dreamcatcher?
Right?
Umu: I'll explain later, I'll explain while, yeah yeah yeah...
I: Ah you're gonna explain on camera, oookay. Umu: I'll explain later, I'll explain while, yeah yeah yeah...
U: Hi guys, my name is Umu and I am ReacttotheK's channel creator.
I: Hi my name is Isaac and I am a violist.
U: But like, how do they know you?
I: How do they know me?
That's a good question.
I: You click on Youtube, and then you see this wonderful channel U: *whispering* 'Classical Musicians React'
I: You click on Youtube, and then you see this wonderful channel
called 'ReacttotheK', and then you see a bunch of wonderful,
well stellar, stellar reactors, and then you see two people,
one in a pink shirt, usually, and the other one is in red.
U: Yeah, Kevin is usually in red, or black.
U: All right, so Dreamcatcher has finally
come back with a track called 'Deja Vu',
and it is actually a collaboration with an RPG game called 'King's Raid',
and I have seen the teasers for this MV,
and I have seen a frick ton of GIF's,
I have no idea what the audio is gonna sound like,
I made sure that the teasers were on mute when I watched them.
I am so so so so intrigued by the storyline yo. YO!
This looks legit, like there's like...
One of the members has like a sword, and the other member is a princess,
but then they like SWITCH ROLES, it looks amazing!
Okay, but yeah, I am so, so excited for the MV
and I'm sure the music will be great, too,
and also, we did react to 'Breaking Out', and that will be on Patreon,
because I don't want to take any chances with Japanese copyright.
U: Let's jump right in. Deja Vu.
I: All right. So, I guess I have seen this before... U: Let's jump right in. Deja Vu.
U: ... oh. what?
I: It's Deja Vu U: ... oh. what?
U: No, don't you mean like 'haven't I seen this before?'
I: Haven't I seen this...? All right. U: 'I feel like I have seen this before!'
Both: 3 2 1
I: Some soft piano?!
U: Beautiful head voice.
Ah, Siyeon's head voice is so freaking gorgeous, I love her vibrato.
Hers and Yoohyeon's vibrato is ...
Oh boy, evil spider lady back?
I: This sounds like B.o.B. Airplanes ...
U: Oh we're continuing with this. I: until now.
U: Are we getting a ballad for a title track?
I: Ah, maybe. U: Are we getting a ballad for a title track?
I: There is always a ballad.
I bet something is gonna happen after this ...
Ah, never mind.
U: Uuuh!
I: Is this Hamlet?
U: Was that Handong? That was a gorg-
O_O
I: Ah, the guitar!
U: I started tearing up a tiny bit.
I: UuAAargh!
U: Little major?
U: I love the choir-esque background at the beginning of the chorus.
And we're back.
Dreamcatcher does a really good job of going between
thickly energetic parts and then bringing it down to the quieter sections.
I: Very good. U: That sounds like Jiu harmonizing with Dami.
U: Who is that? Is that Handong?
I: And she's back to life!
*Umu's choir singing*
I: OKAY! Some nice Picardy third. U: Yeah, I like, yeah the major.
U: And I love the thick vocal part here, it just helps add to the energy.
Uh! It resolved differently the - than the first time.
I: Oh, okay. Uh! It resolved differently the - than the first time.
Uh! It resolved differently the - than the first time.
U: Ooh.
U: We're up a key, right???
I: Pardon?
U: We went up!
I: Yeah, we're going up.
U: We modulated, ladies and gentleman! [We just went to the *relative major]
I: Wow.
U: I don't think Dreamcatcher has ever modulated, they fake modulated,
but this is possibly the first time... Yeah, we're definitely up.
Half time, as we go back.
Uuh...
got synthetic low strings...
I: Nice!
U: Nice!
I: Very good!
U: NICE!
I: Yeah, it reminds me of a video game or adventure...
U: Well that's what the whole point is!
I: No, wait, I'm explaining it, I'm gonna get to it, so
U: Okay, okay, go ahead. I: No, wait, I'm explaining it, I'm gonna get to it, so
I: When you listen to the main theme from 'Game of Thrones',
it's very interesting, it's very nice and soft,
and then bombastic in the middle,
and then at the end it just kind of fades away,
and, well to me, it kind of represents the journey of a hero,
or if you're going on a journey, just a normal civilian,
it starts of normal, and things get really hectic,
and it just kind of dissipates,
in a sense either you're tired or you die,
and then your legacy just either doesn't carry on or carries on,
so in this case, yeah,
it was just interesting to listen to the piano kind of
strobe through the entirety of this song because
it kind of reminds of a heart beat, and, I don't know,
I kind of got relaxed more in the middle and I was listening to the piano,
I think near the middle to the end ... no, that's the bridge.
At the bridge, when the girl with the white hair, she was singing.
U: Blond? Jiu. At the bridge, when the girl with the white hair, she was singing.
White, blond... U: Blond? Jiu.
I: Yeah, it was very calming listening to her
and then listen to the piano just strobe in the background,
and then it vamps up, and then just dips.
U: Yeah.
I: Yeah, it was just, the instrumentation really supported
the archaic, perhaps the rustic feel of it.
The beginning was very weird, there's no energy change,
but I kind - not that I didn't dislike it, [t/n: I assume he meant "not that I didn't like it"]
because it kind of took me off guard, because I was thinking:
Oh okay, we're gonna hit the chorus, and then it's gonna be great,
and then it's gonna come back down, it's like 'oh no', and then ...
So there's the thing, you can't -
For instance, if you are eating something very sugary, like two items,
one is less, one is more, if you eat to much of the item with more sugar,
you can't taste the one with less, 'cause it tastes bland,
your taste buds are already ruined.
And it kind of effects that with hearing,
because if you hit it too hard, to something that's too rich,
and it doesn't expand anymore, you start getting bored,
even though it is very exciting to have.
U: That's why you have to have the ... up and down. even though it is very exciting to have.
I: You have to have the up and downs, U: That's why you have to have the ... up and down.
but a gradual rise up and gradual down, that's why having this, U: That's why you have to have the ... up and down.
but a gradual rise up and gradual down, that's why having this,
just from the very lowest energy or lowest sound, (to the)
highest, the highest energy ... you can't just go back,
you have to find a very creative way to trickle your way down.
U: Do you think they did that well?
I: Yeah, I thought they did it well, so that's why it was -
Yeah, they spiked, they kind of stayed on the first two,
and then they peaked up,
and then the rest was just dissipating nice and slow,
and as I mentioned in my biggest analogy,
it kind of follows that hero's journey,
and it was very, very pleasant listen.
U: Yeah, well I just want to listen to it again. Shall we do that?
I: Oh yeah.
U: Before I say my summary. Anyways.
U: This reminds me of 'Let It Go'.
I: Well, look at her outfit!
U: *sings* Let it go! Let it go! I: Well, look at her outfit!
U: I think their vocals shine so well.
I think this song is one of the best Dreamcatcher songs
to show of their vocal power.
I: She's engulfed by the darkness. to show of their vocal power.
U: Yeah no, that happened in a previous MV.
I love that they start of with Gahyeon.
I: Yeah, the lamenting piano line.
U: Ah, and then Handong right after.
Ah, their timbres are so good.
I: That is a very subtle drum set, drum kit in the background.
U: That piano line was cool, because
the piano line went up and then down
and THEN the vocal line went up.
I: Yeah, it kind of follows along. and THEN the vocal line went up.
U: Because they went like ... yeah.
U: This part is really interestingly mixed,
'cuz the string feel removed from everything else,
like they have a different reverb on it or something.
I: Little bit of major. U: Little modal mixture.
U: Yeah, these leaps though, these leaps!
I: Yeah, this is what I like a lot.
Just the silent break and then all of the sudden
you have the bass alongside with the vocals.
That's a very good setup.
And she has a wonderful voice, too, so that also helps a lot.
U: Uh, that's the first time I heard Dami sing with vibrato,
that was beautiful.
Oh I kinda expected to go on an offbeat there.
Descending guitar...
that switches to the bass that goes back up.
I love that there is so many toms.
Whenever a rock song has a ton of rhythmic moments on the toms,
I'm like: 'yes, I'm yours'.
That was a chord!
It was like a flat six or something, maybe.
I: Yeah, this part.
U: Duuu!
I: Well...
U: And it's up
*Umu's choir singing 2*
U: *singing* Sorry, my camera died,
because I like running my batteries all the way out.
I: It's good for charging.
U: Yeeah! Back to Deja Vu!
U: Ugh.
I: Now in this part you get to reminisce. You have to think a lot.
U: Back to tonic. I: Now in this part you get to reminisce. You have to think a lot.
I: Oof, and the title - Dreamcatcher!
U: Oof. Oof. I: Oof, and the title - Dreamcatcher!
U: That's powerful, and the MV was gorgeous,
and it touched on so many new fresh aesthetics and cool aesthetics,
and I loved it so much.
I: Yeah, it was good. All right,
I thought about the chorus,
for some reason I've never thought about his, but
in a verse chorus form, which is most pop forms,
I completely forgot that chorus is a statement.
U: Yes. I: Perhaps, it's a statement and I realize that here,
I: Perhaps, it's a statement and I realize that here,
because I, I guess it's like a personal experience,
I used to make statements in a very loud or large contrast,
but then now, much more and more I consistently try to make it
more smooth, and this one is a bit more on the smooth side,
as opposed to having these large peaks and valleys
with terraces to contrast one another,
but this one just smoothly goes into the chorus,
dips down, goes to the chorus, and then tapers off.
U: Right, I mean like so, it was just like,
so to revise what we said, it wasn't necessarily 'up', right,
that's what we kind of remembered it as, but instead,
it was like same energy for a while but then like a little peak up,
it was like a baby step up before the explosion.
I: It was like a bunny hill, for skiing if you know that.
U: A bunny hill. I: It was like a bunny hill, for skiing if you know that.
I: Yeah, it was just nice and simple, very pleasant.
U: Yeah. YEAH, thanks for watching guys.
U: Bye!
I: Great. Goodbye.